HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967-954 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE relating to public safety and morals; prohibiting bill
posting; regulating the distribution of handbills; amend-
ing Section 6.04.465 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code;
and adding Section 6.04.466 as a new section to the City
of Yakima Municipal Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YAKIMA:
Section 1. Section 6.04.465 of the City of Yakima Municipal Code
• is hereby amended to read as follows!
"6.04.465 BILL POSTING. It shall be unlawful for any per-
son to post, stick, stamp, paint or otherwise fix, or cause
the same to be done by any person, any notice, placard, bill,
card, poster, advertisement or other paper or device, calculated
to attract the attention of the public, to or upon any sidewalk,
crosswalk, curb or curbstone, or any other portion or part of
any public way or public place, or any lamp post, light, power,
telegraph or telephone pole, or any hydrant, box or fixture of
the fire alarm or police communication system, or other public
structure or building, or on any private wall, fence, building
or other private property without the consent df the owner or
person in control thereof."
Section 2. Section 6.04.466 is hereby added as a new section to
the City of Yakima Municipal Code, Which new section shall read as
follows:
"6.04.466 DISTRIBUTION OF HAND DILLS.
(a) In Public Places. It shall be unlawful for any person-
to distribute or hand out, or to deposit, place, throw or
411 scatter, or cause the same to be done by any person, any hand
bill, circular, dodger, leaflet, pamphlet, card, picture, or
any advertising matter of any kind whatsoever, or samples of
any patent medicine, foodstuffs or other product, in or upon
any sidewalk, street, alley or any public place in the City of
Yakima.
(h) In Vehicles. It shall be unlawful for any person
to place or deposit, or cause same to be done by any person,
any hand bill, circular, dodger, leaflet, pamphlet, card,
picture, or any advertising matter of any kind whatsoever, or
samples of any patent medicine, foodstuffs, or other product,
in or upon any automobile or other vehicle not his own in or
on any street, alley or other public place, or in or on any
public or private parking lot or garage, or on private property,
except by the owner or occupant of such private premises.
(c) On Private Property. It shall be unlawful for any person
to distribute, deposit, scatter, throw, or otherwise deliver or
leave, or cause the same to be done by any person, any hand bill,
circular, dodger, leaflet, pamphlet, card, picture, or any ad-
vertising matter of any kind whatsoever, or samples of any patent
medicine, foodstuffs or other product, on or in any residence or
other private premises:
• (1) When and where such residence or other private
premises are uninhabited or vacant; or
(2) When or where there is fixed near the entrance
of such residence or other private premises a
sign bearing the words "No Trespassing", "No
Peddlers or Agents", "No Advertisement", or any
similar notice indicating in any mannerlthat the
occupants do not desire to have their privacy
disturbed or have any such hand bill or other
similar material' left upon such premises; or
(3) When and where the occupants of such residence
or other private premises otherwise in any
manner notify the person delivering, or causing
to be delivered, such handbill or other similar
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material that the occupants do not desire to
have the same delivered to their premises.
(d) Delivery of Handbills. It shall be unlawful for any
person to deliver, or cause the same to be done by any person,
any handbill, circular, dodger, leaflet, pamphlet, card, picture,
or any advertising matter of any kind whatsoever, or samples of
any patent medicine, foodstuffs, or other product, whether or
not otherwise authorized by this section, without placing and
leaving the same so as to secure or prevent it from being blown
• or drifted about such premises or elsewhere, except that mail-
boxes may not be so used when prohibited by federal postal laws
or regulations.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
newsboys delivering newspapers to their customers who request
such delivery."
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thir-
ty days after its passage, approval and publication as provided by law
and by the City Charter.
PA. ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this / day
of AL , 1967.
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Mayor
• ATTEST:
City Clerk
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